Projects

In operation

We currently manage 4 operational gasification facilities in the UK, 3 of which were wholly developed by CoGen. They are regulated by the Environmental Agency and each receives between 30,000 and 300,000 tonnes of waste per year. Combined, they represent c.£250million of investment and have a gross capacity of more than 50MWe.

Welland Bio Power

Welland Bio Power is a 10.6 MWe (gross) waste wood gasification facility located in Northamptonshire. The site was fully developed by CoGen, partnering with Welland Waste Management Limited to co-locate on its existing site.

Ince Park Renewables supply the fuel and ensure that all feedstock is from the local economy. A joint venture between MWH Treatment Limited and Black & Veatch Limited carried out the EPC contract.

Operations and Maintenance is carried out by MWH Treatment Limited. CoGen managed the construction and operation of the facility on behalf of the project company and also manage the company itself. Our funding partners for this project were Bioenergy Infrastructure Limited.

CoGen’s current involvement:

Management Services

Birmingham Bio Power

Birmingham Bio Power in Tyseley is a 10.3MWe (gross) waste wood gasification facility. Developed by the CoGen team and utilising Nexterra gasification technology, this project was constructed by our construction partners MWH Treatment Limited>

Built on the site of Webster and Horsfall, the oldest company in Birmingham, this project has seeded the development of a renewable hub in the centre of Birmingham. Its location next to the existing main waste incinerator in Birmingham ensures we minimise the local impact on the environment.

Our timber supplier is a local company, Jack Moody Envirofuels Limited. Part of Jack Moody Group, a family owned business which has been centered in the West Midlands for over half a century, has again ensured that we are utilising local waste to drive the local economy.

Balfour Beatty Investments were the lead funder on the project, working with us to co-ordinate multiple debt and equity partners to deliver the first significant project of its kind in the UK.

CoGen’s current involvement:

Management Services(Interim) Operations and Maintenance

Dartmoor Bio Power

Our feedstock supplier is a local waste timber aggregator which ensures all of our waste feedstock comes from within the local area. This is an exciting project as the private wire arrangement and heat off-take has provided benefit to one of the largest employers in the local area helping secure their position within the local economy.

The Dartmoor project was instrumental in positioning CoGen as the leading advanced gasification developer in the UK.

CoGen’s current involvement:

Management Services

In construction

Hooton Bio Power

In October 2018 we reached financial close for the 24MW Hooton Bio Power facility, located on the Wirral in Cheshire. This is our largest project to date and will treat up to 270,000 tonnes p.a. of residual municipal solid waste using proven Kobelco technology. This will be the first project in the UK for Kobelco.

The facility is the UK’s first non-subsidised waste gasification project of this size, and is now 100% owned by Aviva Investors. Construction by EPC contractor BWSC started in November 2018, with CoGen retaining a key role in the project’s delivery through long-term Management Service Agreements (MSA).

In development

We have an impressive portfolio of projects, each at various stages of development. Our Hooton Park project will serve as the blueprint when rolling out a number of future projects; we expect to replicate the structure, model and design of the Hooton facility, using the same EPC contractors, feedstock supplier and funder.

The UK Department for International Trade recently promoted a selection of our ‘in development’ portfolio to investors in China. Read the brochure here.

For more information on development opportunities, please get in touch with our development team at info@cogenuk.com